Example sentences of "[noun] [be] set [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ An ’ the bastard even went on to confirm that the bombs are set on time fuses , just sufficient to allow him an' his staff to escape , but not enough to allow them to be de-activated , or to evacuate the ordinary members from the building … an' most of them are just kids . ’ |
| 2 | What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel : ‘ The fathers eat sour grapes , and the children 's teeth are set on edge ’ ? |
| 3 | The visiting of the iniquity of their fathers on to succeeding generations in the Third Commandment , the banning of ‘ he that hath a flat nose ’ , and the writing ‘ the fathers have eaten a sour grape and the children 's teeth are set on edge ’ are suggestive of the stigmata of congenital syphilis . |
| 4 | ‘ But his speech showed clearly the trap , and on the whole when traps are set in sight of the victim they do n't usually catch it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Sir , ’ they say , ‘ thank God there is someone … restored my faith in human nature … performed a signal service … struck a blow for common sense and ordinary human decency … exposed the hypocrisy of those who for our sins are set in authority over us … expressed what the vast majority of people fed … spoken up for the minority whose views are never taken into account … ’ |
| 6 | At the same time ten battalions of Territorials were set to work building a new broad-gauge railway to Revigny . |
| 7 | Two passenger cars were set on fire outside the Intercontinental Hotel . |
| 8 | Cars were set on fire and a bomb attack was made against the mayor 's car with his family inside . |
| 9 | The Big House : tear-gas clouds blossoming over mess-hall riots , ‘ the break is set for midnight ’ notes , squealers ‘ accidentally ’ falling under trip-hammers in the workshop . |
| 10 | To record this guide-track , you set the tape to a start-mark and the tape recorder to record-pause ; the video tape is set on play-pause on the first frame of picture . |
| 11 | One dreads a future version in which Freud is set to work on the decision of Higgins and Pickering to set up together as two old bachelors . |
| 12 | Careful research was set in train to discover the best way to restore gardens and historic landscape parks to their former glory . |
| 13 | Many different varieties of apples emerged in the US and its apple industry was set in motion by Henderson Luelling — a fortune hunter who went west during the gold rush in a covered wagon full of soil and apple trees . |
| 14 | As before the nets are set in front of the warren systems . |
| 15 | Large stone blocks are set as stepping stones for pedestrians to cross without becoming muddied . |
| 16 | She felt as if an express train were speeding towards her — but her feet were set in concrete and there was nothing she could do . |
| 17 | Over those years he produced another serenata , Il rè pastore ( King as Shepherd ) , to a text by the famous Italian poet Pietro Metastasio ( whose texts were set to music countless times all over Europe by the best composers of the time ) for a state visit by Archduke Maximilian Franz ; another serenade ( K.204 ) written for the traditional end-of-term jollities at the university ; and several violin concertos , of which the last three ( in G , D and A major ) are standard repertoire today . |
| 18 | The scene is set for recovery and growth . ’ |
| 19 | Darlington Council 's next plan is to set to work improving the derelict land sites bordering the River Skerne . |
| 20 | A TOWN 'S newest soccer league for youngsters is set to kick-off with a little help from the local beat bobby . |
| 21 | Kidnap girl is set on fire |
| 22 | Velvet curtains swished gracefully aside once more and the scene was set for act three . |
| 23 | The scene was set for progress towards a modern network . |
| 24 | The scene was set for confrontation and as these confrontations continued without an end in sight , it became clear that the usual tactics of the unions were not going to work . |
| 25 | The Report of P.M. Stewart , the Commissioner , exposed the problem starkly : By the late 1930s , therefore , the scene was set for town planning to incorporate a wider frame of reference . |
| 26 | Police were attacked and one vehicle was set on fire and others overturned , as the demonstrators marched on the local government offices chanting " Down with corruption ! " . |
| 27 | The 1905 Convention was considered at the Sixth Session of the Conference in 1924 when a Protocol was agreed permitting accession by States not represented in 1905 and some further work was set in hand which led to the publication in 1929 of a proposed revised Convention . |
| 28 | 9 February was set for sentencing . |
| 29 | The small table in the window was set for breakfast for one . |
| 30 | A ceiling was set on revenue between 1988 – 1992 . |